LeTourneau Tactical Tree Crusher Location R. G. LeTourneau's Overland
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This tree crusher measures 56 feet long, 35 feet wide and 21 feet tall. It weighs astonishing 175 tons as well. It was fitted with two V12 diesel Cummins engines which combined delivered 1400HP. Some of these machines were actually used for clearing vast areas of forest during the Vietnam War. The US military leaders quickly realized the.
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The combat tree crusher envisioned by Army engineers. Army art. In April 1968, the engineers finally handed the two vehicles back with a list of suggested improvements, another operational review.
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LeTourneau Tactical Tree Crusher Location R. G. LeTourneau's Overland
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It is of the "Tactical Tree Crusher" that was used in the Vietna. This is some poor quality black and white film that I think was used in an NBC news special. It is of the "Tactical Tree Crusher.
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In the early spring of 1967 the treecrusher proved its ability to perform in a swampy jungle; however, it was not reliable enough in South Vietnam and was returned to the United States when the lease expired. The Rome Plow meanwhile had already fully demonstrated its suitability in major tactical operations.
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Viet Nam. 1967 : r/specializedtools. Tree crusher. Viet Nam. 1967. I used to work for the company that built these. They pushed trees over with their sheer weight, climbing the tree until the weight of the machine pushed the trees over. I didn't know they used them in Vietnam.
LeTourneau Tactical Tree Crusher Location R. G. LeTourneau's Overland
What weighs more than 40 tons, is powered by multiple Detroit Diesel engines making electricity, is capable of literally knocking down and pulverizing forest.
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The Tree Crusher is not an Overland Train. I wanted to showcase a unique machine built by R.G. In 1968, the United States military leased the only two Tree Crushers in existence from R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. The military needed a win against the overbearing vegetation in Vietnam. They hoped that the answer would be the LeTourneau Tree Crusher. War.
LeTourneau Tactical Tree Crusher Location R. G. LeTourneau's Overland
Transphibian Tree Crusher 1. In Theodor Geisel's popular children's tale The Lorax, the Once-ler uses fanciful logging machines to swiftly chop down the fictional truffula trees. Dr. Seuss might as well have thought of the kind of monstrous tree crushers the U.S. Army had used to level forests in Vietnam. In 1968, the Army leased two of.
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LeTourneau Tactical Tree Crusher Location R. G. LeTourneau's Overland
Tactical Tree Crusher. That's just an early design of the standard drum chopper. Chopping is out of favor, can get more done with less site disturbance (usually) with herbicides. Letourneau , Diesel electric, no hydraulics, rack and pinion . Late 40's, early 50's tech, fascinating.
LeTourneau Tactical Tree Crusher Location R. G. LeTourneau's Overland
LeTourneau tactical tree crusher used to clear the jungles of Vietnam. Initially designed for civilian logging firms, the 60-ton vehicles were modified for military use with .50 caliber machine guns and Claymore mines. 1:55 video:
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This is clips from old 16mm film of a variety of "Tree Crushers" designed and built by RG LeTourneau. Most of it is from the 1950's.
